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katorga

Portuguese, noun

katorga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “katorga (penal servitude in a Russian or Soviet labour camp)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sistema prisional de campos de trabalho da Rússia czarista, antecessor do gulag”.

What does katorga mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininekatorga (penal servitude in a Russian or Soviet labour camp)

  2. 2

    femininekatorga (a tsarist or Soviet labour camp)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. sistema prisional de campos de trabalho da Rússia czarista, antecessor do gulag.

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of katorga

  • katorgas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).